[CPEO-IRF] Aberdeen Proving Ground (MD) expansion environmental study

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Army study is approved
Project details plans to protect environment amid APG growth

By Mary Gail Hare
Baltimore Sun (MD)
September 2, 2007

The Army has won approval for its comprehensive environmental study, a 
project it had to complete before demolition and construction could 
proceed at Aberdeen Proving Ground as it prepares for significant expansion.

Researchers, planners and engineers reviewed the impact of large-scale 
development on the base, one of several military facilities slated for 
expansion as a result of the nationwide base realignment known as BRAC.

"All environmental criteria have been met," said Naren Desai, an APG 
environmental engineer who worked on the project. "We have chosen sites 
for construction where there will be the least environmental damage."

The Record of Decision, a nearly 400-page document that took 18 months 
to prepare, shows how the Army has met or will meet all guidelines and 
how the base will protect the environment as it grows. Work began on the 
study soon after BRAC was announced in 2005.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/harford/bal-ha.apg02sep02,0,2687124.story

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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